Stacy Lyn Harris

Fig Preserves: an Easy Recipe

Preserving, I believe is just innate in humans (or it should be). It is only natural to want to preserve the foods that you have worked so hard to harvest. Preserving is a must for those who want to live off the land and use their own mind, bodies, and spirits to harvest their own foods. This fig preserves recipe is a great way to get started.

When you can preserve the produce you have grown, you know absolutely everything that has gone into those vegetables and fruits.  You are taking charge of your own health and food.  Not only are you taking charge of your family’s health and the food that they eat, you are working together as a family for a common good and enjoying relationships that will last for a lifetime, not to mention extra money for any surplus that you may sell.

Canning your fresh fruits is easy and most of the time, depending on the acidity level of the food and how much sugar you are putting into the preserves, does not require a pressure canner. I have written this simple no fail Fig Preserves recipe that is just SUPER!

Fig Preserves

This simple but super recipe makes 2 pints of fig preserves.

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Course Condiment

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 2 pounds fresh, ripe figs
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 Tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

 

Cooking the Figs

• Combine figs, sugar, and lemon juice together in a medium-sized saucepan and cook on low heat for 30 minutes uncovered.
• Process 10 minutes using the boiling method.

Drying the Figs

• Drying figs is a must. (The only problem with drying them is that they tend to disappear as soon as they come out of the sun or the oven.)
• Set your oven on the lowest setting, probably around 135 degrees.
• Remove stems, cut figs in half, and lay them flesh side up on the cookie sheet. Turn the figs occasionally for 24 hours, or until the outsides are leathery and there are no juices when you put pressure on the figs. Keep the oven door slightly open so that the figs dry instead of cook. You can do this in 12-hour cycles by turning the oven off during the night if you choose.

Storing Your Fig Preserves

• Store figs in an air-tight container for several months. Figs will last in the freezer up to 24 months.

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